All 9 Uses
interpret
in
The Lost Symbol
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- "Well," he began, "a symbologist's first clue that he's on the wrong track when deciphering symbols and codes is when he starts interpreting symbols using multiple symbolic languages."
Chpt 25-26interpreting = understanding (something in a particular way)
- Moreover, the rest of the characters can be interpreted using the Roman alphabet—SBB.
Chpt 25-26interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
- Every esoteric tradition interprets 'the stone' in its own way, but invariably the occultum lapidem is a source of power and enlightenment.
Chpt 37-38 *interprets = understands (something in a particular way)
- Symbologist Robert Langdon, in his wildest academic interpretations, could not fathom how this grid of symbols could be deciphered to mean anything at all.
Chpt 101-102interpretations = understandings of meaning
- Although many people erroneously interpreted apocalypse as a cataclysmic end of the world, the word literally signified an "unveiling," predicted by the ancients to be that of great wisdom.
Chpt 125-126interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
- At the top of the image, we have the word Heredom—the 'Holy House'—which I interpret as the House of God …. or heaven.
Chpt 125-126 *interpret = translate
- An elegant interpretation, Professor.
Chpt 125-126interpretation = understanding or explanation (of something in a particular way)
- It was here, Robert, at the very core of this young American nation, that our brightest forefathers—John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine—all warned of the profound dangers of interpreting the Bible literally.
Chpt 131-132interpreting = understanding (something in a particular way)
- "Anyhow," Bellamy said, "the Masonic Pyramid's age-old description as being tall enough to be touched by God ....this has long led to misinterpretations about its size.†
Chpt 49-50misinterpretations = wrong understandingsstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpretations means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpretations. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
Definitions:
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(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate someone’s words into spoken words of another language while they are speaking
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(interpret as in: her interpretation of the data) to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something
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(interpret as in: her musical interpretation) capture someone else's ideas, or express personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)